Usages of yíhuìr...yíhuìr
要不是 这里 的 信号 不 太 好， 我 也 不会 一会儿 关机， 一会儿 又 开机。yàobúshì zhèli de xìnhào bú tài hǎo, wǒ yě búhuì yíhuìr guānjī, yíhuìr yòu kāijī.
If it weren’t for the signal being so bad here, I wouldn’t be turning the phone off and on again and again.
她 一会儿 笑， 一会儿 哭， 我 不知道 怎么办。tā yíhuìr xiào, yíhuìr kū, wǒ bùzhīdào zěnmebàn.
She laughs one moment and cries the next; I don’t know what to do.
天气 一会儿 下雨， 一会儿 刮风。tiānqì yíhuìr xiàyǔ, yíhuìr guāfēng.
The weather is rainy one moment and windy the next.
她 一会儿 用 手电筒， 一会儿 用 头灯。tā yíhuìr yòng shǒudiàntǒng, yíhuìr yòng tóudēng.
She uses the flashlight one moment and the headlamp the next.
你 为什么 一会儿 搭帐篷， 一会儿 收帐篷？nǐ wèishénme yíhuìr dāzhàngpeng, yíhuìr shōuzhàngpeng?
Why do you pitch the tent one moment and pack it up the next?
篝火 一会儿 很 大， 一会儿 很 小。gōuhuǒ yíhuìr hěn dà, yíhuìr hěn xiǎo.
The campfire is large one moment and small the next.
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